Accessibility at the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office

This page contains accessibility information specific to the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office, located on the 4th floor of Memorial Library. For general accessibility information about all UW-Madison Libraries, see Accessibility.

Contact Information

For accessibility questions for this building, please use our Ask a Librarian service. If you need a resource or accommodation that is not listed on this page, please email accommodation-request@library.wisc.edu

Accessing the Library

Building Map

Floor Plan

Entrances

The Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian (GWSL) is located on the 4th floor of Memorial Library. See Accessibility at Memorial Library for building entrance accessibility information.

• Enter and exit through the door on the 4th floor west corridor. The door is kept closed since the west corridor is a quiet study area. If assistance opening the door is needed, please knock or email askgwsl@library.wisc.edu ahead of your visit. 
• Campus accessible entrance list

Elevators

Take Memorial Library’s Main Elevators or Special Collections Elevator to the 4th floor to access the GWSL.

• Main Elevators: There are three main elevators which go to every floor from the basement to floor 7.
• Special Collections Elevator: When facing toward the main three elevators, there is an additional elevator (#5) on the wall to the right which goes to every floor.

Parking & Transportation

Visitor parking is available at the following locations:

• State Street Campus Garage located on Frances Street, just South of University.
• Lot 6 located under Helen C. White Hall from N. Park St entrances.
  • Visitor Parking is available in Lot 6 (Street Level lot) at all times, but is often full. 
  • Visitor parking is available in Lot 6 (Lower Level lot) on evenings and weekends.
• Visitor Parking availability
• Campus accessible parking stall list and map

Emergency / Evacuation Procedures

Areas of Rescue Assistance in Memorial Library are in the main elevator lobbies, or stairwells adjacent to the main elevator lobbies. Each elevator lobby has a red landline telephone that can be used to contact 911 directly without dialing. Directions detailing how to receive assistance are listed on each phone.

Interior Space Accessibility

Accessible Furniture

There are two tables that can accommodate wheelchairs.

Reservable Study Rooms and Spaces

There are no reservable study spaces within the GWSL, but the Libraries have many reservable study spaces. Click here to make a reservation.

Quiet Spaces

There is a designated quiet space in the west corridor immediately outside of the GWSL.

Restrooms

The nearest accessible restrooms are in the 4th Floor South Stacks. Use the Special Collections elevator (#5) to access.

See Accessibility at Memorial Library for a list of additional accessible and single-stall restrooms.

Lactation and Baby Changing Space

See Accessibility at Memorial Library

Lighting

There are energy-saving, motion-detecting lights throughout the space.

Technology

See Accessibility at Memorial Library

Services

Accessing Materials and Services

If you need help accessing any materials in the GWSL, please ask any employee in the space.